Architectural - Amateur

Malaga Dragon Frank Loddenkemper
Germany

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Malaga Dragon"
Congress Center of Malaga



:::: D U N E :::: Maik Koerhuis
Germany

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

":::: D U N E ::::"
Looks like a dune. Philharmonie Luxembourg.



Whisper John Twiname
New Zealand

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Whisper"
A stairwell interplay with the light entering from the windows above to create ethereal beauty.



Steps in Time No. 1 Tom Sliter
USA

Honorable Mention

"Steps in Time No. 1"
Steps inside the leaning tower of Pisa, Italy, 14th century



Les Arcades Giulio Zanni
Serbia

Honorable Mention

"Les Arcades"
Les Arcades-du-Lac, Montigny-le-Bretonneaux



MUZE'UM L Dieter Demey
Belgium

Honorable Mention

"MUZE'UM L"
MUZE'UM L



Reflections of an Automobile Plant Tudor ApMadoc
USA

Honorable Mention

"Reflections of an Automobile Plant"
Taken inside Fisher Plant #21, Detroit, Michigan



Tulip Pods Emma Tager
USA

Honorable Mention

"Tulip Pods"



The Tate Modern Steve Day
Australia

Honorable Mention

"The Tate Modern"



Bolhão Market in Oporto Antonio Bernardino Coelho
Portugal

Honorable Mention

"Bolhão Market in Oporto"
Views from the open market and old building infrastructure of Bolhão Market in Oporto.



Circle, Squares and Shadows Madeleine Corbeil
USA

Honorable Mention

"Circle, Squares and Shadows"
The lines and shape of the Space Museum in Hong Kong caught my eye. I wanted to see it in black and



Heartchitecture Stefano Degli Esposti
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Heartchitecture"
Study of archiectural features of the Grand Tower in Frankfurt (D)



City Scape Lucy Lasky
USA

Honorable Mention

"City Scape"



Shapes and Tones Marlene Mendez
USA

Honorable Mention

"Shapes and Tones"



CURVILINEAR Mabel Cedron
Spain

Honorable Mention

"CURVILINEAR"
The Commercial Buildings are an architectural complex for offices, made up of four equal towers where the so-called CURVILINEAR CURTAIN WALL stands out as a singular element on all its facades. Design



Illusion Margo Kessler Cook
USA

Honorable Mention

"Illusion"
City building that makes you look twice.



Duomo Rachel Wei
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Duomo"
Duomo in Milan



5 MW - 0 GhG Larry Bean
USA

Honorable Mention

"5 MW - 0 GhG"
Bridger, Montana 2022



Bell Tower Enrica Ridolfi
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Bell Tower"
Bell tower of the church of the Convent of S.Marie de La Tourette-Eveux,France by Le Corbusier



Dyrhólaeyjarviti Lighthouse Paul Newton
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Dyrhólaeyjarviti Lighthouse"
Dyrhólaeyjarviti Lighthouse - Iceland



English Medieval Cathedrals 5 John Eaton
USA

Honorable Mention

"English Medieval Cathedrals 5"
Gloucester, The Cloisters



De Compagnie Henk Langerak
Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"De Compagnie"
De Compagnie is a residential area in Rotterdam, where the blocks of houses are mirrored to each oth



Interruption Oscar Lopez
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Interruption"
Abstract Urban scene in Hamburg, Germany



The Corner Steffen Ebert
Germany

Honorable Mention

"The Corner"
house corner of a "Meisterhaus" in Dessau



Olympic Stadium Louis-Philippe Provost
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Olympic Stadium"
The tower of the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada



San Jerome Church, Taos Pueblo Jack Weingarten
USA

Honorable Mention

"San Jerome Church, Taos Pueblo"
San Jerome Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico



GUGGENHEIM Carmen Ramon Cami
Spain

Honorable Mention

"GUGGENHEIM"
IMAGE TAKEN IN GUGGENHEIM BILBAO SPAIN



Tower & Sculpture Guy Llewellyn
USA

Honorable Mention

"Tower & Sculpture"



Ascending Carlton Johnson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Ascending"
A stack of buildings discovered in Manhattan's midtown, NYC.



Arc de Triomphe Chuck Campbell
USA

Honorable Mention

"Arc de Triomphe"
Looking up the Arc de Triomphe Stairwell



Composition With Two Crosses Sonia Melnikova-Raich
USA

Honorable Mention

"Composition With Two Crosses"
St Madeleine Church, Trona, California, 2023



Architectural Harp Steffen Ebert
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Architectural Harp"
Samuel Beckett bridge in Dublin



Both Sides of The Story Andew Jones
UK

Honorable Mention

"Both Sides of The Story"
The Broad Museum in Downtown LA representing two sides to every story



angles Barbara Maker
USA

Honorable Mention

"angles"
Black white angles



Brutalism Brian Jones
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Brutalism"



Duct Work Kishore Murthy
USA

Honorable Mention

"Duct Work"
Inside a restaurant in Washington D.C.



A lone musician. Aleksandr Stikhin
USA

Nominee

"A lone musician."
A lone musician plays the guitar in Central Park (Manhattan).



Cabin By The Lake Amardeep Singh
India

Nominee

"Cabin By The Lake"



Angel over the city Andreas Lange
Germany

Nominee

"Angel over the city"



Abandoned factory Angelo Brancaccio
Italy

Nominee

"Abandoned factory"
Cremona, Italy, 2023. Nature reclaims its place in this 60's abandoned factory.



Corkscrew Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee

"Corkscrew"



House of Music Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee

"House of Music"



ghosted cloister Annemarie Jacques
USA

Nominee

"ghosted cloister"



Man Made Barbara Maker
USA

Nominee

"Man Made"
Man and Manmade



Fence shadows Berry Bingel
UK

Nominee

"Fence shadows"
Abstract metal fence shadows in morning light



Rookery Beth Buelow
USA

Nominee

"Rookery"
A cattywampus view of the staircase designed by John Wellborn Root in the Rookery Building, Chicago



Urban Hive Beth Buelow
USA

Nominee

"Urban Hive"
Boxed in in downtown Chicago



The Bells of Silence C R
UK

Nominee

"The Bells of Silence"
Work by C.r



The Center of Attention Carlton Johnson
USA

Nominee

"The Center of Attention"
Residential tower along Millionaire's Row in midtown Manhattan, NYC



Aging Gracefully Carol Rusinek
Canada

Nominee

"Aging Gracefully"



Santiago de Compestela Carol Smokler
USA

Nominee

"Santiago de Compestela"
majestic on a foggy morning



Ghost Barn Catherine Riddle
USA

Nominee

"Ghost Barn"
An old barn about ready to fall emerges from the mist



Ruhr Museum #2 Christian Meermann
Germany

Nominee

"Ruhr Museum #2"
The Ruhr museum is situated in a former coal mine – hence the conveyor belt in the foreground.



After Mondrian Christine Jacobson
New Zealand

Nominee

"After Mondrian"
Industrial building in Porirua



Ashram Pinnacle, Reaching for Nirvana Christine Truhe
USA

Nominee

"Ashram Pinnacle, Reaching for Nirvana"
The chants from the souls within rise up thru the pinnacle of the ashram to the One In the warmth o



Institute of Peace Chuck Campbell
USA

Nominee

"Institute of Peace"
Detail of the Institute of Peace - Washington DC



MODERN WAYS Damaso Avila
Spain

Nominee

"MODERN WAYS"
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS; LA LAGUNA UNIVERSIT , (TENERIFE, SPAIN)



Pathways Danny Vint
USA

Nominee

"Pathways"



Inlet Jetty Deb Tatonetti
USA

Nominee

"Inlet Jetty"



St.James With Two Crosses Denis Sivack
USA

Nominee

"St.James With Two Crosses"



The Plant Denise Silva
USA

Nominee

"The Plant"
Leading lines and light brought this shot to life.



Next stop - City of Dreams Derek Attico
USA

Nominee

"Next stop - City of Dreams"
The future awaits.



jyjtyjtyjy Devin Campbell
USA

Nominee

"jyjtyjtyjy"



Musea Hunnegem Dieter Demey
Belgium

Nominee

"Musea Hunnegem"
Musea Hunnegem



MAM at Night Donald Bolak
USA

Nominee

"MAM at Night"
Interior view of the Milwaukee Art Museum



John Knox House Douglas Vernimmen
UK

Nominee

"John Knox House"
The oldest house in Edinburgh. John Knox (1514-1572) was a Reformed theologian.



Bridge Dr.Samarendranath Mandal
India

Nominee

"Bridge"
A bridge connecting two office buildings.



Sky Cones Edwin Robinson
USA

Nominee

"Sky Cones"



Monoliths Emily Passino
USA

Nominee

"Monoliths"
This combines two shots taken on a foggy January morning at a Nashville, TN hardware store.



Light and shadow staircase Francisco Ortega
Spain

Nominee

"Light and shadow staircase"
Feltrinelli Foundation staircase designed by Herzog and de Meuron.



DSM - Bremerhaven Frank Loddenkemper
Germany

Nominee

"DSM - Bremerhaven"
Deutsches Schifffahertsmuseum in Bremerhaven



Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus 2 Frank Loddenkemper
Germany

Nominee

"Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus 2"
Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus in Berlin



2:22PM Gary Washington
USA

Nominee

"2:22PM"
Time is running out. The next crisis is upon the horizon



Window Watching Gary Levy
USA

Nominee

"Window Watching"
Apartment High-Rise at Night



Sunday Morning at Disney Hall Gayle Pepper
USA

Nominee

"Sunday Morning at Disney Hall "
Early to rise, early to get, Sunday morning sunrise on Disney Hall Los Angeles.



Broad Portholes Gayle Pepper
USA

Nominee

"Broad Portholes"
When walking into the Broad Museum Los Angeles, look up !!



Elevator Georg Kowallek
Germany

Nominee

"Elevator"
At a subway station in Hamburg



Untitled No. 12, Toronto, 2022 Gerald Pisarzowski
Canada

Nominee

"Untitled No. 12, Toronto, 2022"



The ghost tower Gino Ricardo
Netherlands

Nominee

"The ghost tower"
This image was captured in one shot. Not a double exposure



Abandoned Chapel Guenther Reissner
Austria

Nominee

"Abandoned Chapel"
abandoned, chapel, old, church, austria



Hafencity, Hamburg Guenther Reissner
Austria

Nominee

"Hafencity, Hamburg"
hamburg, Germany, long exposure, reflection, water, clouds



Parking Tower Henk Langerak
Netherlands

Nominee

"Parking Tower"
The parking towers of the RAI Congress Center in Amsterdam have a striking shape



Pontsteiger Henk Langerak
Netherlands

Nominee

"Pontsteiger"
hotel and residential block in Amsterdam, Netherlands



silver lightning Henry Eicken
Germany

Nominee

"silver lightning"
Long exposure of an office building in Berlin in the sunlight



Escape2 Ignacio Romero Naves
Spain

Nominee

"Escape2"
A different view of Madrid's Skyscrapers.



Walt Disney Concert Hall Ivan Pesic
USA

Nominee

"Walt Disney Concert Hall"
Los Angeles



Obelisk of Light I - Emergence Ivan Vucetic
Croatia

Nominee

"Obelisk of Light I - Emergence"
Strojarska Business Center in Zagreb, Croatia



Skyward Jacqui Turner
USA

Nominee

"Skyward"



Spiral Staircase James Woodward
USA

Nominee

"Spiral Staircase"
Spiral Staircase looking up



Sky Dome Jane Craig Walker
UK

Nominee

"Sky Dome"
A ceiling sky dome gives amazing abstract lines in Houston, Texas



skyscraper Jed Best
USA

Nominee

"skyscraper"
tall building in a single bound



Span Jeff Bullied
Canada

Nominee

"Span"



Ice Fog Jeff Bullied
Canada

Nominee

"Ice Fog"



Now Playing Jen Walsh
Canada

Nominee

"Now Playing"
The Showplace of the Nation



ILLUMINATION Jennifer Grant-Keene
USA

Nominee

"ILLUMINATION"
Light Soft and Light Bright



patios Jerry Neff
USA

Nominee

"patios"
looking up



Heavy Metal 3 John Eaton
USA

Nominee

"Heavy Metal 3"



Heavy Metal 7 John Eaton
USA

Nominee

"Heavy Metal 7"



English Medieval Cathedrals 3 John Eaton
USA

Nominee

"English Medieval Cathedrals 3"
Ely, The Octagon



Industrial Ducts 3 Jon Meyer
USA

Nominee

"Industrial Ducts 3"
The beauty of industrial architecture: form follows function.



Corner Cone Josh Sacks
USA

Nominee

"Corner Cone"



On the turn Judith A. Taylor
UK

Nominee

"On the turn"



Prime Tower Juerg Vontobel
Switzerland

Nominee

"Prime Tower"
Vontobel-Juerg_Prime Tower.jpg



Korean Old House in Daffodils JUNGAE HONG
Korea (South)

Nominee

"Korean Old House in Daffodils"



Bent Stainless Steel Karen Safer
USA

Nominee

"Bent Stainless Steel "
Architectural Detail



Charlotte in Berlin Karen Safer
USA

Nominee

"Charlotte in Berlin"
Interior Architectural Detail Abstracted Fine Art



Utopia Katherine Young
UK

Nominee

"Utopia"
Office building in London



Vortex Katherine Young
UK

Nominee

"Vortex"
Office building in Singapore



Ominious Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee

"Ominious"



Black and White Polaroid 1 Keith Adams
USA

Nominee

"Black and White Polaroid 1"



Aim For The Sky Ken To
Hong Kong

Nominee

"Aim For The Sky"
Urban jungle: climbing to the sky on this ladder?



SLALOM TO INFINITY Kenneth Tyson
USA

Nominee

"SLALOM TO INFINITY"



downward Klaus Spindler
Germany

Nominee

"downward"
always deeper



Seat of Power Larry Bean
USA

Nominee

"Seat of Power"
Twin Falls, Idaho, 2022



Change is Coming Larry Bean
USA

Nominee

"Change is Coming"
Melville, Montana, 2020



Sails Larry Dunn
USA

Nominee

"Sails"
Sydeny Opera House



Abandoned Leila Sullivan
USA

Nominee

"Abandoned"
Sullivan-Leila_Abandoned.jpg



Boxed Liz Hardley
New Zealand

Nominee

"Boxed"



The Ring Louis-Philippe Provost
Canada

Nominee

"The Ring"
The Ring is a 30-meter wide steel circle suspended above the staircase to the Place Ville Marie.



Ancient Rome Lynn Tait
Canada

Nominee

"Ancient Rome"
Rome, Italy



VIRTUOSITY OF SHAPES Mabel Cedron
Spain

Nominee

"VIRTUOSITY OF SHAPES"
Impossible not to recognize a building designed by Frank Gehry, for me it is Architecture made ART. His work is emotional, creating a visual current that becomes an experience for those who observe it



Entreace of monastery St. Urban Marc Hodel
Switzerland

Nominee

"Entreace of monastery St. Urban"



Swinging fifties Marina Ciottariello
Germany

Nominee

"Swinging fifties"
A curved staircase with vivid and swinging shapes built in the fifties.



Looking Through Marlene Mendez
USA

Nominee

"Looking Through"



St Pauls Matthew Wilkinson
UK

Nominee

"St Pauls"
The light on St Pauls



The Broad Eye Melinda Goodall
USA

Nominee

"The Broad Eye"
The contemporary design of The Broad museum’s "eye" reflects its neighbors in downtown Los Angeles.



wave Mirco Waterstradt
Germany

Nominee

"wave"
Shell-Haus Berlin by Emil Fahrenkamp



Let There Be Light Morris Asato
USA

Nominee

"Let There Be Light"
Shades of soft light and shadows are painted on the thick walls of an ancient church.



UFO Nadja Naujoks
Germany

Nominee

"UFO"
A rescue tower designed by Ulrich Müther in the baltic Sea resort of Binz on the island of Rügen.



Forgotten Olav-Inge Alfheim
Norway

Nominee

"Forgotten"
Straumen, Norway



Ferris wheel Olena Tarnovska
Ukraine

Nominee

"Ferris wheel"



Fabrikstrasse 15 Oscar Lopez
Germany

Nominee

"Fabrikstrasse 15"
Frank Gehry's Fabrikstrasse 15 Building in the Novartis Campus in Basel, Switzerland



Leuphana Oscar Lopez
Germany

Nominee

"Leuphana"
The Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany by Daniel Libeskind



The Grip Oscar Lopez
Germany

Nominee

"The Grip"



The Corner Oscar Lopez
Germany

Nominee

"The Corner"
Headquarter of a Pharma Company in Switzerland



Vancouver House Paul Newton
Canada

Nominee

"Vancouver House"
The Vancouver House tower.



The bridges of Bratislava Peter Krenek
Slovak Republic

Nominee

"The bridges of Bratislava"
The renovated Old bridge and Bridge Apollo, Bratislava, Slovakia



can of ham 02 SW Peter Marxer
Liechtenstein

Nominee

"can of ham 02 SW"
A recently completed 90 meter high skyscraper in the skyscraper center of London which has earned th



Building2 Pietrino Di Sebastiano
Italy

Nominee

"Building2"
Building, Milano - Italy



AROS Poul Helt
Denmark

Nominee

"AROS"



Black Church, 2023 Radek von Hirschberg
Poland

Nominee

"Black Church, 2023"
Black Church, 2023 by Radek von Hirschberg, Iceland, 2023



windows Raphael Seiler
Switzerland

Nominee

"windows"



The Obelisk Richard Burdon
UK

Nominee

"The Obelisk"
Castle Howard Obelisk emerging from the mist on a frsoty winter's morning



Granary Wharf Richard Burdon
UK

Nominee

"Granary Wharf"
The spectacular skyline of Granary Wharf in Leeds city centre.



Long Portico Richard Petronio
USA

Nominee

"Long Portico"
Photographed in Bologna, Italy



Angles of Pennzoil Robert Davis
USA

Nominee

"Angles of Pennzoil"
Angles of the Pennzoil Building Houston



Art Gallery of Alberta - Curves and Anlges Robert Simpson
Canada

Nominee

"Art Gallery of Alberta - Curves and Anlges"
Always look up.



The Window Rolf Hoesli
Switzerland

Nominee

"The Window"
Fjordenhus in Denmark



Weathering the Ravages of Time Ruth Ball
Canada

Nominee

"Weathering the Ravages of Time"



Siena Duomo Tower Sam Dobrow
USA

Nominee

"Siena Duomo Tower"
Staring up into the heavens creates a dizzying experience



Object Gallery Sarah Caldwell
New Zealand

Nominee

"Object Gallery"



Scaleter Sidney Gaspar
Brazil

Nominee

"Scaleter"
Chicago - USA



Bridge in the Mist Sonal Shah
USA

Nominee

"Bridge in the Mist"



Diving Bell Steffen Ebert
Germany

Nominee

"Diving Bell"
diving bell at the Baltic Sea in Zingst (Germany)



Meandering Bridge Steffen Ebert
Germany

Nominee

"Meandering Bridge "
pedestrian bridge in Magdeburg



Group of Windows Steffen Ebert
Germany

Nominee

"Group of Windows"
Inside of a "Meisterhaus" in Dessau



The Eye Steffen Ebert
Germany

Nominee

"The Eye"



Las Setas Stephen Buhagiar
Malta

Nominee

"Las Setas"
A section from the wooden mushroom-shaped structure at Seville, Spain



A Night at the Roosevelt Steve Gelineau
USA

Nominee

"A Night at the Roosevelt"
The beautiful Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart Florida USA



Bridge Cathedral Steve Gelineau
USA

Nominee

"Bridge Cathedral"
The underside of the Roosevelt Bridge creates a cathedral of shadows and light, Stuart, Florida USA



Ascending the Buckminster Dome Steve Majsak
USA

Nominee

"Ascending the Buckminster Dome"
Climbing the stairs into the Buckminster Fuller Dome, Miami Design District



Council Chamber Steve Day
Australia

Nominee

"Council Chamber"
The former Brighton Council Chamber in Melbourne Australia.



Floating Pillars Sue Trower
UK

Nominee

"Floating Pillars"
The underside of my local Lido outdoor swimming pool.



A City of Dreams Susan Langer
USA

Nominee

"A City of Dreams"



Sod Church at Hof Tim Truby
USA

Nominee

"Sod Church at Hof"
A traditional sod church sits just below the glacier in eastern iceland.



Basin Volker Kesting
Netherlands

Nominee

"Basin"
Siena, Italy



Morning Light, Chelsea Wayne Palmer
USA

Nominee

"Morning Light, Chelsea"



Elbphilharmonie Winfried Alberti
Germany

Nominee

"Elbphilharmonie"
Facade of the concert hall of Hamburg with more than thousand, one and a half ton windows.



Roof Tile 2 Yudai Yoshikawa
Japan

Nominee

"Roof Tile 2"
erabrate Japanese roof tile which shines deeply on a rainy day



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